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Mort Reports that Cutler Could Play as Early as Sunday (1 Viewer)
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Hairy Snowman
Footballguy
Thought it was Tony Romo he was breaking was going to start.......oh, that was last week, or was it the week before .... 
. Just kidding, I like Mort. I just don't listen to everything he reports anymore.
Seriously, IMO hard for me to see Shanni going to a rookie QB this early in the season. But, we'll see. Coach S has done crazier and made it work....
. Just kidding, I like Mort. I just don't listen to everything he reports anymore.Seriously, IMO hard for me to see Shanni going to a rookie QB this early in the season. But, we'll see. Coach S has done crazier and made it work....
Big Score
Footballguy
What Morts said was that Shanny had initially sat Cutler down when he was drafted & told him that he would ride the pine for this year & start next year.
Then with Plummer's struggles this year, Mort said that Shanny is rethinking that strategy, especially considering the showings by other rookie QB's this year.
Mort said if Plummer struggles today, he may switch in game to Cutler, but then put Plummer back in the next couple of games against Indy & Pitt. If Plummer continues struggling aginst them, the switch to Cutler could be permanent with the thinking being if Plummer struggles against Indy & Pitt now, what's to say he won't struggle come the play offs?
Then with Plummer's struggles this year, Mort said that Shanny is rethinking that strategy, especially considering the showings by other rookie QB's this year.
Mort said if Plummer struggles today, he may switch in game to Cutler, but then put Plummer back in the next couple of games against Indy & Pitt. If Plummer continues struggling aginst them, the switch to Cutler could be permanent with the thinking being if Plummer struggles against Indy & Pitt now, what's to say he won't struggle come the play offs?
coolnerd
Footballguy
Okay, this explains why a just saw a McNair drop and Cutler add in one of my redrafts.
he_hate_me_too
Footballguy
This is Shanny's way of trying to light a fire under Jake. He is in the playoff hunt...no way he goes to Cutler now, IMO.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Shanny has made it clear all year long Cutler is not in the cards THIS YEAR unless Denver is not going to make the playoffs.
Mort has been pimping Cutler since the pre-seaon and he is wayyyy off base. Sure Denver is struggling offensively, but they are winning and that is all that counts.
The problem IMO is the play calling. They miss Kubiak and Cutler can't solve that. Every pass play is taking too long to develop and shows no timing. This team needs to go to the quick hits via slants and screens to the WRs to give Jake confidence and develop some continuity there.
Jake is not going anywhere unless he gets hurt or Denver is out of the playoff hunt plain and simple.
Mort has been pimping Cutler since the pre-seaon and he is wayyyy off base. Sure Denver is struggling offensively, but they are winning and that is all that counts.
The problem IMO is the play calling. They miss Kubiak and Cutler can't solve that. Every pass play is taking too long to develop and shows no timing. This team needs to go to the quick hits via slants and screens to the WRs to give Jake confidence and develop some continuity there.
Jake is not going anywhere unless he gets hurt or Denver is out of the playoff hunt plain and simple.
Avery
Footballguy
"A wise man changes his mind, A fool never will."Pre-season, "company" line out of Denver was a QB switch will only happen if either Plummer gets hurt or the Broncos are eliminated from playoff contention and it made sense. A rookie QB would kill the Broncos chances this year since rookie QBs are rarely competent in this era of complex offenses (see Alex Smith last year and even Payton Manning his rookie year) and Plummer is more than competent to keep the Broncos competitive for the 2007 campaign.
Jump forward to week 7 and the new information we need to assimilate becuase Shannahan has, is that rookie QBs can play competently in this age (see Leinert and Gradkowski) and the ego that is Mike Shannahan thinks that Culter is the best rookie QB from last year, so he could do even better than those two. Additionally Plummer has played much worse than expected with a QB rating of 63.1 so far this year.
I'm not saying the Culter switch will happen this year, I'm just saying what's happened with rookie QBs through 7 weeks this year and Plummer poor performance thus far has moved a "non-injury/non playoff elimination QB switch" into the realm of possibility.
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[scooter]
Footballguy
Any of those rookies play for a team with a winning record?
Hellfire Snail
Footballguy
Plummer will have to have a catastrophic game to make a switch. A three or four turnover game that costs Denver a victory kind of game. The last few weeks Plummer hasn't done anything awful, he's make his throws and not turning it over. What is he supposed to do with so few attempts or downfield routes? This sounds pretty ridiculous to me. Mort likes to "report" things like, "don't be surprised if blah blah blah happens" so he's covered whether it happens or doesn't. Sounds pretty unfounded to me.
TheFanatic
Footballguy
Mort is an idiot....
Brewdude
Footballguy
The Bronco offensive problems are not because of Plummer.
The real problem is Kubiak being in Houston. Seems pretty obvious that the entire offense is out of sync this year. The QB is the person in charge of the O, so he's getting the heat, but the problem is higher than him.
Even if there is a swap at QB, it won't matter.
The real problem is Kubiak being in Houston. Seems pretty obvious that the entire offense is out of sync this year. The QB is the person in charge of the O, so he's getting the heat, but the problem is higher than him.
Even if there is a swap at QB, it won't matter.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
But the scoreboard still has the Broncos winning.....It is what it is said:
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
If nothing else, I'm shocked with 18 pass attempts vs 8 rush attempts. Not exactly Bronco football.
moleculo
Footballguy
J. Plummer 19/39 203 1 2should have been a couple more picks thrown in as well. If this story has any legitimacy at all, Cutler will be in soon.*note: I don't believe Jake will get the hook.
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